My Writings. My Thoughts.
Missing Client.msi File on MS CRM Rollup 4
// June 4th, 2009 // No Comments » // Development
The comments do not appear to be working on the CRM team blog, so I wanted to post this here for anyone else that might be having the same struggle that we did. The error message we were facing during auto-update of the CRM Outlook Client was:
Installation package for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for Microsoft Office Outlook cannot be found. Try the installation with a valid copy of the installation package ‘Client.msi’
The installation package for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Update Rollup 4 for the Outlook client has code that looks for the original installation path of the client. When it cannot find the “client.msi” file in the location stored in the registry it will throw an error.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM – Plugin Tool Export XSLT
// May 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // Development
I have been tasked with documenting our Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 plug-ins and workflows, and have created a simple way to visualize the contents exported by the CRM Plugin Registration Tool.
The tool exports details about selected assemblies into XML format. An easy way to create visualizations for XML is to utilize XSLT (XML stylesheets). I have created a simple XSLT, which results in the exported file looking like the image below:
The result of applying the XSLT
The nice thing about this is that using basic XSL the contents of the export can be manipulated into a variety of different visual representations. I have chosen a very simple, tabular layout with the items grouped by entity, then sorted by message, order of execution, and finally by the name of the plug-in. The XSL is posted after the break.
Favorite Photos: Youth Retreats
// March 5th, 2009 // No Comments » // Favorites
Collage of Favorite Youth Retreat Photos
I have taken what seems like a lot of photos over the course of my life, and I wanted to share the stories behind nine of my favorites from youth retreats. I realize nine is an odd number, and was going to do ten, but decided that number ten will actually be another blog talking about photographing youth group retreats, so come back after the weekend for my pick from High Definition 2009.
Reflections On 2008
// January 28th, 2009 // No Comments » // Blog
The last day of 2008 and my 29th birthday mark a unique, and special year. I have had some really good times, some really bad times, and a whole lot of times in between. Rather than reiterate events or circumstances I thought that this year I would fill up some space with things that I have learned this year either by way of experience, reading, or second-hand. There is something to be said for a concise list, and so I have restricted my reflections to the top 4 tidbits that I would hope to carry forward.
Election Benchmark 2008
// November 4th, 2008 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
Regardless of the outcome of the 2008 election, I have decided that the most constructive thing I can do is make both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of my life and then monitor the status of these particular metrics throughout the next four years.
A New Home
// October 17th, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog
Updates on my website have been few and far between lately, and from now on updates should be more frequent. Here is what I’ve just recently done to get reorganized:
- My domains have been consolidated to a single vendor
- My domain registration has all been brought under a single vendor
- My blog has been changed to Wordpress (http://www.wordpress.org)
My email address hasn’t changed, and there really should not be much change other than how I do things. The beauty of the changes is that I will have a single place to go update things and this should lead to more frequent updates.
Just thought people might like to know that things are looking up.
